15/04/2024
Happy Jackie Robinson Day !!!!
Jackie Robinson Day is a traditional event which occurs annually on April 15 in Major League Baseball , commemorating and honoring the day Jackie Robinson made his major league debut. Lesser known though is after the game Jackie was an entrepreneur. He joined Chock full o’Nuts as Vice President of Personnel in 1957. The first African American to be named a Vice President of a major American company. He used his position at Chock full o’ Nuts to improve working conditions for employees.
An active member of the NAACP, Robinson was often a featured speaker at civil rights rallies including the famed March on Washington in 1963, and frequently participated in picket lines. As a nationally syndicated columnist for the New York Post and New York Amsterdam News, Robinson wrote passionately on social issues, sports, and family life, always encouraging people in his community to become active in politics and business. In 1964, Robinson co-founded Freedom National Bank of Harlem, a Black owned and operated bank created for the express purpose of financially aiding African American communities. In 1970, he founded the Jackie Robinson Construction Company, which sought to provide housing for low-income people.
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